Car-roof.



D. w. HAWKSWORTIH.

- GAR ROOF. APPLIoATIoN FILED DBO. 2. 1910.

Patented Mar. 10, 19m

-bearing against the inner -lface ,o't the plate .web thereo'i by rivetsli.

ltllllllNT @lllllllfht f iii". HBWTRSWORTH, 03F DETROIT, MECHBGAN,ASSIGNOB T0 HUTCHINS C?, ,fdlllt- UMPANY, 0F DETRIT, MLHGAN, ELCORPDRATIO'N OF MCHXGN.

Specification of Letters latentl Patqnmd :Map Mp, Metre rip-pasanteneuester e, taie. seriellen. 595,256.

To all whom t may concern.' l i lBe it .known that l, DAVID W. Hit/winsWORTH, a citizen oit the llinited'bltates Vet America, residing atDetroit, in the county oi @Vayne and State of Michigan, have 'in ventedcertain new and usetul improve ment-s in Car-Roots, of which thefollowing. is a specification, reference being had tlf-llerein to theaccompanying drawings.

The invention relates to car roofs;A and more particularly to the meansemployed for. securing the carlines to the side plates, more fullyhereinafter set forth.

ln the drawinga-Figure 1 is a cross.sec` tion through the side plate ofa car showing a portion of the carline and the attaching ineanstherefor; and Fig. Qis a perspettive View of the carline securingbracket. .it is usual in 'the construction of ears to employ plates atthe top oii the sides and to connect the carlines to said plates. Wheremetallic oai-'lines are used these are generally secured by passing overthe platesand'lian-ging'- downward over the outer faces thereof. 'W iththe present construction the metallic carlinesterminate at the innerside o't the plates to Jvhich they are'se'cured by netallic brackets.;

As sho-Wn, A are earlines oi" an inverted channel section. havinglaterally extending' liangesB,`C is s. bracket having a liange 'D lil;-an'd aportionl? which tits within the channel ot' the carlinebeingsecured to the G are" flanges onopposite' sides ont thej bracket'forming bearings for thei'liing'es ll of the car'line. A l

is a" portion. extending. outward over i 4the plate', and l is adepending lug on theportion'l-l which engages a bore lin the plate andisy apertureol to receive a vertical securing bo1t.J The flanges D aresecured to the plate by bolts K extending' through lateral bores inthe'plate and pref:

erably also through the facia L. A

With the' construct-ion as described, the

bracket C is secured to the plate by the bolts 4 J and K `which extendin transverse direc` tions mutually against splitting stresses. The lugI engaging a counterbore in the plate i'orins a nook .for positivelytying the bracket thereto,

While. the flange/D forms an abutment for 'limiting outward movement.Thus the carf line is securely attached to the plate with the saving ofmetal usualli7 necessary to pass over-the plate and forming the flangeat the outer face thereof.

What I claim as my invention is: ln ay ear roof,V th'e" combination witha plate, of a metallic arline of inverted. chan Strengthening the platenel section terminating at the inner face of i said plate', a brackethaving. a portion fitting .Within saidnchannel and secured to the webportion thereof, 4said bracket also havingA ilanged portions bearingagainst the top and inner' side o f the plate, bolts' for seruringrsaid-flanges 'passing transversely through F'said plate, andv .anapertured lug surround ing'orie of said bolts and1.engaging-1acounterborein'the plate. l

ln testi'rniny whereof l athis my signature in presence of two.witnesses. 0

DAVD W. HVVKSlUl-tlll. Ttlllitnesses Jantes P. Emmi', Ansmann l. Annate.

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